THE low-budget, low- tech indie “Loren Cass” is an example of less being best.

Set in St. Petersburg, Fla., in the aftermath of real-life racial riots in 1997, it concerns three adolescents dealing with life, which can be a real bummer.

One’s a high-school punk named Jason (Travis Maynard); another is an auto mechanic, Cale (played by the director-writer-editor, Chris Fuller, using the name Lewis Brogan); and the third, Nicole (Kayla Tabish), is a late-night waitress with a promiscuous streak.

They spend their time swigging Jack Daniel’s, humping, fighting and sleeping. But what else is there to do in St. Pete?

Fuller spent 10 years making “Loren Cass,” starting when he was just 15, and it took two more years for the film to get a release.

He keeps dialogue to a minimum as lenser William Garcia’s Super 16mm camera gracefully records lives of desperation in this striking, disturbing indie.